How can you explain how you went from hoping it never had to be used to now doubling down on IPAB?

You said, and I will paraphrase here, that you were hopeful IPAB never needs to be used.

During your confirmation hearing, we talked a lot about the Affordable Care Act's Independent Payment Advisory Board.

Well, what I am worried about is, everybody wants to talk middle class and class warfare.

We want to work in a bipartisan way.

Yet No Child Left Behind is about a lot of other things, as Senator Murphy talked about, making sure that we don't leave kids behind.

I'm really proud that my State and our country have a history of leadership in innovation, and we need to find ways to continue bringing that leadership into our classrooms.

We do not want to go back to that.

You can't do that from here.

Our job as Senators is to try to narrow the issues.

It is important to provide certainty to our citizens that the IRS is not going to select for audit gift tax assessments based on politics.

I hope you do not go down the path of trying to limit political speech.

I do not know who is rich. Who is rich? Is that $250,000? I mean, is there a number there?

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we have had a lot of talk--certainly in the last year or so and certainly as this new session of Congress begins-- on the importance of tax reform. Our country is at a point in time where we certainly are no longer competitive globally…

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Madam Chairman, thank you. And congratulations on chairing the Subcommittee, and I look forward to working with you.

I ask unanimous consent for additional time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.